Easy to make with just a few simple ingredients these Cake Mix Christmas Cookies are perfect for any holiday. Moist and delicious these are the softest cake mix cookies you will ever eat!
Now that I have kids, I have also begun new traditions of my own. My daughter loves to bake with her mom so every year we make several different types of Christmas Cookies and candies to make dessert plates to give to neighbors, friends and family members. One of the most requested recipes we are asked for are our Cake Mix Christmas Cookies.
enjoying cookies with my daughter
My daughter loves to bake with her mom so every year we make several different types of Christmas Cookies and candies to make dessert plates to give to neighbors, friends and family members. One of the most requested recipes we are asked for are our Cake Mix Christmas Cookies.
Easy Cake Mix Christmas Cookies
I’m all about semi-homemade cooking and this easy recipe cuts corners with a boxed cake mix which is great when you are baking with kids. You can switch these up for any holiday by just switching out the sprinkles!
Ingredients
- cream cheese, softened
- unsalted butter, softened
- egg
- Vanilla Extract
- vanilla cake mix
- sprinkles
Directions
Whisk together cream cheese and butter until light and fluffy. Add egg, vanilla, and cake mix and stir until it is well combined. Cover bowl and refrigerate for 20 minutes.
While the dough is in the refrigerator, preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Pour half of your sprinkles onto a flat plate. After your dough has chilled use a cookie scoop to make 1 inch balls of dough. This mixture is pretty sticky so I have found the best method is to scoop your ball directly onto the plate of sprinkles and then roll it around carefully to coat it with the sprinkles. Place on a lined cookie sheet. Warning, this part is messy.
Bake cookies for 12-14 minutes. Cool and enjoy!
- 8 ounces cream cheese softened
- 1 cup unsalted butter softened
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract
- 1 box vanilla cake mix
- 1 cup sprinkles
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Whisk together cream cheese and butter until light and fluffy. Add egg, vanilla, and cake mix and stir until it is well combined. Cover bowl and refrigerate for 20 minutes.
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While the dough is in the refrigerator, preheat oven to 350 degrees.
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Pour half of your sprinkles onto a flat plate. After your dough has chilled use a cookie scoop to make 1 inch balls of dough. This mixture is pretty sticky so I have found the best method is to scoop your ball directly onto the plate of sprinkles and then roll it around carefully to coat it with the sprinkles. Place on a lined cookie sheet. Warning, this part is messy.
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Bake cookies for 12-14 minutes. Cool and enjoy!
gecko girl says
Cool but I am wondering do you do the ingredients you listed and the cake mix, or the cake mix + the ingredients that it says on the box and the ones you listed?
Mom says
The cake mix plus the ingredients I listed, Don’t use what is on the box!
Dena Ennis says
They sound wonderful! A couple of questions though: 1) Have you made these with a gluten free cake mix? and 2) would almond extract work instead of vanilla? (I love almond ).
Mom says
We have not tried them with gluten free cake mix. But I would assume they would be ok. Also, we often put a little almond extract in a lot of our cookies. We don’t sub completely for the vanilla, but rather dial back the vanilla a bit and compensate with the almond.